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Friday, May 1, 2009

Friday, May 1, 2009

What's that? Ah, Robyn N. wants me to up the ante! Ok, how about a horse/cow mash-up cupcake cake?

No matter where you go, that eye will be watching - aaaallllwayswaaatching....Check out the icing depth, too; most impressive.

Oh, but look! We have another contender entering the ring!That thar's a mighty small pho-to for such a gee-gantic Wreck, Brio. Yeehaw! This buckaroo may only work out his front legs, but them fillies shore don't complain. (This concludes my attempt at a Texas drawl. Y'all.)

Allison's trying to get ahead (get it? A head?) with this sporty specimen:

Heh. That startled expression makes him look like he just inhaled that baseball Hoover-style.

But the undisputed winner has to be this one from Celeritas:

"Hey mister, why the long face?"

Ahahahah!

Next time I'll tell ya the one about the bartender and the grasshopper.

You would think that every horse head cake would come served on a pillow, though, wouldn't you?

Oh, wait - looks like I spoke too soon:

Ewww. I'm all for movie references, Erin M., but that's definitely an offer I can refuse.

NOTE: If this post looks familiar, there's a reason for that. And if it doesn't, that means you don't check CW first thing every morning, and should be ashamed of yourself. Hmph. Call yourself a Wreckie, do you? Where's your sense of Wrecky loyalty? Where's your pride? Where's the frickin' remote? (Seriously, I lost it. Have you seen it?)

I was thinking the same as a couple others...the first one looks like Alf! The second to last one looks more like an anteater than a horse though. I'm pretty sure I never want to see another horse cake as long as I live.

Hey!! That one with the baseball is from that kid's book, "The Horse That Played Center Field" - I'm sure of it!! {blush} I'm so happy I'm not the only nerd who loved that book. (Unless I'm wrong and it's a reference to something else. In that case... I, er, didn't love that book AT ALL...)

The long face "Happy Birthday, Patty" one looks to me very much like Brian Froud's illustration of a kelpie ... a kelpie being a shape-shifting water spirit that appears as horse and drowns those who try to ride it.

I think my favorite is the baseball one. A wreck, and so funny at the same time! "What? I thought this was a giant sugar cube!"

The second one is just horrifying. Were it not for the eyelashes, I'd swear an empty socket was staring back at me. The last one is very well done......just, not something I would serve unless it was for Halloween.

Oh, you guys, I love you to tiny little pieces. (Check your site every morning, first thing! ;-)

Tomorrow's my irthday, and I'm so hoping for a wreck! And a PONY. Oh, and sprinkles. If I'm really lucky, maybe the local grocery store will provide all three in one. Because if there's one thing these horse cakes lack, it's inappropriate sprinkles.

HUH! Who ordered these cakes...the mob?! What kind of "family" would actually put these on the table and say "Dig in". And which part do you cut first without a lot of tears and drama..."No mummy don't cut the horse's head off!" WAHHHHHHHHH I'm gonna go and eat pie now.

"HUH! Who ordered these cakes...the mob?! What kind of "family" would actually put these on the table and say "Dig in". And which part do you cut first without a lot of tears and drama..."No mummy don't cut the horse's head off!" WAHHHHHHHHH I'm gonna go and eat pie now."

A little off topic....

When my niece was two we got a horse pinyata for her birthday party. A couple of swings in,and the body left the head dangling on the rope Had a barn full of crying children in minutes, and my niece was SO tramatized...still have pictures of her and her tear streaked face!! I'm glad we didn't do a horse cake!

I'm pretty sure the "cow-horse" was supposed to be a paint (a commenter named a colour pattern of paint- piebald.) With that in mind it looks more like the creation of a 7year old horse crazed little girl (much like I would have done at that age)

I think I'd rather have a cake of old Don Corleon's face than a severed horse head. The long face cake looks like something I've seen at the zoo. I think someone mentioned a tapir. Yes, that's it. A severed tapir head.

It's not like there can't be a decent horse type cake, either. I have a carousel horsie pan by Wilton, and there was a rocking horse one, too. I think they're both no longer made, but there's always ebay. I use the carousel horsie for baby showers.

Actually I do check cake wrecks first thing every morning. Trouble is here in Australia our mornings are some other time of the day for you, not knowing where you're from I'm guessing it's last night where you are. Or yesterday afternoon. :D

I'm sorry you've been getting negative comments, Jen. I absolutely love this blog, and can't go a day without reading it.

As an add on to John. You are such the gentleman to defend Jen. It is clear you care very much about her. I loved your irthday entries. True pun-ishment for all those clueless ep**t commentators. May you and Jen have many happy years together.

To anonymous who thinks Jen makes poor choices, the same comment can be made about you. Don't read the blog if you don't like it. Personally, I was greatly moved by the Sweet Baby James story and find the horse cakes horribly amusing and timely given the Derby. I read this blog everyday and it never ceases to bring a smile. THANK YOU Cake Wrecks! You're a wonderful source of humor and inspiration!

-WM

I'm not sure if this succeeded in getting posted, so I'm sending it again, just in case.

Fyrefrog said I want to hear the joke about the bartender and the grasshopper. Tell me that one and I'll tell you the one about the bartender and the duck.So a grasshopper walked into a bar, and the bartender said "Wow, you're really famous around here. In fact, we even have a drink named after you." And the grasshopper said "Really? You have a drink called Steve?" (Sorry to inflict that joke on you all.)

I love this blog so much, I want to hug it every morning!I was looking over Saturday's contributions and scrolled too far to see the re-run of the horses, and noticed something...does that third horse have....a "package"?!? eep!

Hell's bells,those things are...ugh. Justugh. The CCC one is scary. I kind of hate to admit this, but I like the Godfather one. It's a really well done cake, just a very poor choice of subject. The horse with the baseball made me laugh. Poor thing looks like it was just out in the pasture minding it's own business when some stupid kid smashed a home run into it's face.

As a writer, I'm sure she could benefit from hearing honest feedback. Whether she takes it personally or not is her business, not mine. Of course she has the right to do as she sees fit and I have the obligation to respond as I see fit.

I love this dead horse cake...this is exactly what I'm looking for. I'm having a gangster party & was thinking about a cake just like this,but to have one made is $350.00.Now all I have to do is figure out how to do it...lol

I have not laughed this hard in ages. I was crying!!!! The creepy eye, the one with "special" legs, and the one that looks like an anteater. I love this post sooo so so so so much! Thank you for making my day!!! :)

i would like to make a suggestion. you should put the comments on a separate page so that it doesnt take so long to load each time. Perhaps my computer contributes to the excessive load time as well. by the way---this website is amazing---it has amused me for hours on end...thank you for that

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